'The Secret of Secrets' copyright purchased by Vietnam at 'record high' price

This is part 6 of the book series revolving around the character Robert Langdon, who is already familiar to Vietnamese readers through the previous 5 parts, including: Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, Origin. The work is expected to be released worldwide on September 9 this year.

Writer Dan Brown and his works

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Famous for weaving history, art, religion and science into his work, Dan Brown's latest novel tells the story of Robert Langdon's journey in search of Katherine Solomon - a famous scientist with research on human consciousness - who suddenly disappeared under mysterious circumstances. During that process, many thrilling and breathtaking details continuously take place. Dan Brown said that this is the work with the most complex, interesting and ambitious plot that he has ever written.

Sharing with Thanh Nien , a representative of Bach Viet Books revealed: "With an author considered to be the world's top like Dan Brown, we have to meet many conditions to be able to successfully bring the work to Vietnam. One of them is the record high copyright price. In addition, due to great competition, we try our best to ensure the print quantity, translation quality, book cover design... according to the requirements of the author and copyright owner."

This time, the work will be released simultaneously in 17 countries (outside the US) with a quantity of up to 1.5 million copies. Regarding the release date, Bach Viet Books said that due to the time needed to complete the work, "we only guarantee the release date as close to September 9 as possible". Speaking to Thanh Nien reporter, the book company revealed that although the copyright fee is quite large, besides the profit calculation, with the mission of bringing readers good and quality works, the expected selling price will be at a "stable" level so that everyone can own and receive the book.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/the-secret-of-secrets-duoc-viet-nam-mua-ban-quyen-voi-gia-cao-ky-luc-185250324233706607.htm